Letter in Daily Telegraph: 3rd January 2012

There is a disappointing letter in today’s Daily Telegraph signed by 72 organisations involved in social care mainly in the voluntary sector.


The letter talks about the threat to the provision of social care unless a concensus can be reached around the funding of long term care.

We believe that one of the biggest threats to the future of social care is the failure to care and support for the care home sector.

Care homes are an essential part of the continuum of care, caring as they do for the frailest and most vulnerable older people.

That failure to support the care home sector in the coming year could cause even more instability to social care than anything else and that instability could put more pressure on the NHS than it could tolerate.

Our message for the New Year to the Government and the 72 organisations that signed today’s letter is “It is imperative that the CARE HOME Sector is recognised as part of the solution to this funding conundrum. Splitting the sector will weaken the impact and fail the frail and elderly population we serve".